7 Times Donald Trump Thought Fake News Was True
7 Times Donald Trump Thought Fake News Was True
'All I know is what's on the internet.'
'All I know is what's on the internet.'
Chuck Todd
I want to ask you about the moment yesterday in Dayton. You praised the Secret Service but then you said the man had ties to ISIS. This turned out to be a hoax. Did you go over the top there? Where did you get your evidence.
Donald Trump
No, no. If you look on the internet and look at the clips...
Chuck Todd
But it turned out to be a hoax.
Donald Trump
... the clips where he's dragging an American flag.
Chuck Todd
Somebody made that up sir.
Donald Trump
Well I don't know what's made up, all I can do is play what's there. He was walking dragging the American flag on the ground, is that a correct statement? Was that a hoax too?
Chuck Todd
I'm talking about your ISIS tweet.
Donald Trump
You didn't see the clip. He was playing Arabic music, he was dragging the flag on the ground and he had internet chatter with ISIS and about ISIS.
Donald Trump
I don't know if he was or not but all we did was put out what he had on his internet. He's dragging the flag, the American flag which obviously I respect more than you. He was dragging the American flag on the ground like it was a piece of garbage OK? I don't like that and a lot of people don't like that.
Donald Trump
And he had internet chatter with ISIS or about ISIS. And take a look at it, people are looking at it very seriously now but you have to check it before you ask the question.
Chuck Todd
Yeah I know, we have checked sir. There are no ties to ISIS for this man, no law enforcement official has said so and this video appears to be a hoax.
Donald Trump
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Donald Trump
OK, well, just... look. What is a hoax that he was dragging the flag across the ground? Was that him? It looked like the same man to me. He was dragging a flag along the ground and he was playing a certain type of music and supposedly there was chatter about ISIS. Now I don't know, what do I know about it? All I know is what's on the internet and I don't like to see a man dragging the American flag along the ground in a mocking fashion.
Chuck Todd